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| *Weird addiction* |
 Nov 28 2005, 01:59 PM
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This is a thread mainly for bilinguals. Does it get annoying when you mix up languages? I swear, i do it often...too often.
I speak English and i study in french at school. I'm currently learning dutch being it's the 2nd official language in Belgium. And i'm pretty good at it. I tend to mix these 3 languages A LOT. It gets frustrating sometimes. I was talking to my dad on the phone, asking for money (he speaks only english and dutch), i was like: i need vingt euros. He was like "wtf?" haha. Or sometimes when he's talking to me, he says "de dingen" meaning "the thing" in dutch. I usually say "alors" instead of "so". Pff. I speak french to my friends but sometimes english comes out of my mouth. It's soo frustrating. Even to my teacher...i was like "i've got a question" and she's like "tu viens de dire quoi?" Lol. My nose was red...my nose hardly gets red since i'm more black than white. It happens a lot. Some people think it's cute.  .But it's got it's advantage...i insult ppl sometimes, haha. Few months ago, after having sex with my boyfriend, i was like "tu crains au lit"...he thought it was a compliment...i'm not going to translate...but he did "craint". Anyways, does this happen to you guys too?? I have to watch what i say almost everytime 
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| *jooleeah* |
Nov 28 2005, 03:09 PM
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ah that happens to me all the time. sometimes i'll start speaking chinese to my american friends.
people start staring at me funny.
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Nov 28 2005, 03:42 PM
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CHYEAAHHH MAN  Group: Member Posts: 1,255 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 168,013 |
QUOTE(jooleeah @ Nov 28 2005, 4:09 PM) ah that happens to me all the time. sometimes i'll start speaking chinese to my american friends. people start staring at me funny. Haha I do the same thing. I grew up in a Chinese & Cambodian home so when I speak, I speak a mix of those two. I can't seem to sort them apart though. One time when I was at school, my teacher accused me of lying so I got upset and called her a racist and then she was like...what? I started going all out but luckily I cursed at her in Chinese and phew, I would have been in so much trouble. |
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Nov 28 2005, 06:17 PM
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 hi. call me linda. Group: Official Member Posts: 8,187 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,475 |
Yeah, that happens to me with English, Spanish and Chinese. Often, I'll mix up words while I'm speaking; ie, speak some Spanish while I'm speaking English, etc.
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Nov 28 2005, 06:19 PM
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to hell with you Group: Member Posts: 2,547 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,506 |
i speak cheenglish at home. my mom makes fun of me for it. -_-''
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Nov 28 2005, 07:46 PM
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 with.much.love <3 Group: Member Posts: 313 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 286,943 |
so agree! but every1 does it everywhere where i m so its not very weird... that is, if the people u say this speaks both the languages ur mixing...
^mine is konglish! |
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Nov 28 2005, 08:11 PM
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 白人看不懂 !!!! Group: Member Posts: 3,838 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,824 |
I speak English and Mandarin, and when I go to China/Taiwan and stay for more than a week, my English syntax starts to degrade because of my Mandarin use.
So I'd go 'Where are we?" in America, but after spending a week in China, I'll go "Where we are?" without noticing because that's the syntax for Chinese sentences. Blah it's embarrassing sometimes. |
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| *RiC3xBoy* |
Nov 28 2005, 08:51 PM
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Sometimes. Ehh, Doesn't really bother me.
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Nov 28 2005, 08:51 PM
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 in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
Haha, yeah that happens to me. I go back to Hong Kong a few times a year, and there's always a cycle. I go to Hong Kong, I force myself to speak more Cantonese but a lot of it comes out as broken English. Eventually I get more used to speaking in Chinese, and that's usually around the time I go back to Canada. Then I can't stop speaking Cantonese. =p
Other than that, at home I usually speak one or the other for different sentences, I don't usually have two languages in one sentence. =] |
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Nov 28 2005, 09:43 PM
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 Diana =] Group: Member Posts: 1,318 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 174,147 |
yesi mix up chinese and tagalog and english lol
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Nov 28 2005, 10:10 PM
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 Too slow. Group: Member Posts: 2,730 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,320 |
Yeah, when I can't say something In spanish so I have to say it in English.
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Nov 28 2005, 10:12 PM
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 <3 Group: Member Posts: 3,657 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 64,493 |
i tend to mix chinese and english into the same sentence
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Nov 28 2005, 10:29 PM
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 unify and defeat... divide and crumble Group: Member Posts: 2,759 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 6,379 |
I always mix chinese and english in the same sentence,....it helps me express myself better!
 I learned manderin and french aroudn the same time though, so I mix them up a lot.
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Nov 28 2005, 11:07 PM
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 3,565, you n00bs ain't got nothin' on me. Group: Official Member Posts: 3,761 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,565 |
I usually don't get chiense and english mixed up just because they don't really..sound the same.
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Nov 28 2005, 11:10 PM
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 oanh is awesome *nods* Group: Member Posts: 470 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 190,637 |
hmm...I don't get mixed up with languages I'm learning in school...l learned friench, but never accidently speaks it, if I would, my french teacher would be so happpy, haha
but I get mixed up with my native language alot...all the time... |
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Nov 28 2005, 11:11 PM
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 Peggy. Group: Member Posts: 2,508 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 214,025 |
Sometimes I just let my Chinese slips out during school, not that good.
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Nov 29 2005, 06:18 AM
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 say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
I usually speak Cantonese, and it's quite a common practice for people to mix a few English words in daily conversation. It's hardly avoidable.
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Nov 29 2005, 08:09 AM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
since i go to an international school with an atleast 90% asian population (mainly chinese/taiwanese) almost everyone here speaks a mix of chinese and english.
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Nov 29 2005, 11:11 AM
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 Oreo Nazi >=) Group: Member Posts: 234 Joined: Oct 2005 Member No: 281,794 |
I'm not bilingual BUT I'm learning german, and I used to do spanish in school and for some weird reason, even though I've forgotten spanish, or most of it, I get spanish and german mixed up x.x I don't know why. Does anybody else speak german? wanna coach me? lmao
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Nov 29 2005, 03:12 PM
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 dakishimetainoni... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,322 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 75,318 |
yeah...my friends and i used to speak in a mixture of english and chinese. i guess it was so we don't get too americanized or something...too bad it didn't work with me
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| *StanleyThePanda* |
Nov 29 2005, 03:45 PM
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Im not bilingual but I know someone who is
and that happens to her all the time |
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Nov 29 2005, 09:52 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,152 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 57,818 |
I'm not bilingual, really, but this is my 4th year of taking Spanish. I never really spoke both languages in the same sentences but I'll type it, or think it. I'll be like "so y so went to the store." Y meaning and in Spanish...
My best friend is bilingual and her whole family pretty much speaks "Spanglish", I love it. |
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Nov 29 2005, 09:53 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,799 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,450 |
I speak spanglish, its really funny.
Sometimes when I speak to my mom in spanish I say things backwards. I also say things backwards in english. |
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Nov 29 2005, 09:55 PM
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 omgah_itsmaggiex=new username. Group: Member Posts: 785 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,467 |
haha, yes, definitely. one time a couple years back, my dad was trying to wake me up from bed, (me and my dad are chinese. actually my whole family is chinese
 so we all speak mandarin) and i actually responded in english, "what time is it?" id gotten so used to speaking english at school, ive forgotten that ive entered an only chinese home.
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Nov 29 2005, 11:11 PM
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 durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
lol Julia. You know, I'm half Chinese! But I can't speak it so yea. Are you Cantonese? If you are and you started speaking to me, I'd probably run to my mom and ask her to translate. :P
Anyways, well I remember I sad something in Vietnamese to my boyfriend and I was WTF?! I couldn't believe it came out of my mouth! I mean, I'm always self-conscious when it comes to speaking Vietnamese because usually I'm always nervous and I NEVER know if I'm pronouncing anything right. It sounds like I'm JUST learning to speak Vietnamese or something haha. Of course, I CAN understand Vietnamese most of the time, but I answer in English. Anyway, I do find myself talking about food and since I know the names of quite a few vietnamese foods, I would start talking and say it and my non-Vietnamese friend would be like "What?" ... Yea.. I LIKE FOOD. 
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Nov 30 2005, 03:22 AM
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 because i'm worth it Group: Member Posts: 990 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 24,643 |
mostly chinglish or spanglish or japenglish
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Nov 30 2005, 01:05 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,584 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 70,748 |
well..i actually have to mix up languages when i speak w/ my grandfather/uncles b/c they speak at least 5 languages
spanish, mandarin, taiwanese, japanese, french so when i speak to them and i dont know the word in one language ill switch to another language..i find this more of an advantage but yeah..i guess its embarassing when another language accidentally slips when ur speaking english..it only happened to me wen i was littler but it happens to my mom all the time..and i used to be embarrassed for her..o.O |
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Dec 2 2005, 06:29 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 3,077 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,904 |
I mix English, Malay, Mandarin and Cantonese up all the time. But this is common for every Malaysian.
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Dec 2 2005, 03:21 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 7,149 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 213,509 |
hmm not really..only to my grandma..hha i tend to forget many words in chinese because well i can underatnd it well, but not speak it.so when i talk to her,i use chinese words that i know and mix it up with english.and she kind of understands but if she doesnt, i give up and ask my cousins if their there to help me.
chinese,english,and a lil french from school..but mostly english. andandandand...sometimes i know words in chinese that i tend to forget the word in english..like one time in 5th grade i think,my teacher asked what i had for dinner,so i said chinese food, and he said what kind, and i forgot the words in english for it, and i said to him 'i dont know how to say it in english' because i had forgotten the word.it was brocolli.. ;x so i told him vegetable. it happens sometimes 
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Dec 2 2005, 06:25 PM
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hi. call me linda. Group: Official Member Posts: 8,187 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,475 |
Well, whenever I'm trying to say something in Chinese, I'm always thinking in Spanish and get them mixed up.
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Dec 2 2005, 08:20 PM
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 Koorime Group: Member Posts: 153 Joined: Sep 2005 Member No: 237,135 |
I mix French and Spanish up alot. the colors for me are pretty easy to mix up. IWhen I speak japenglish its pretty funny. Only my little brother can know what i'm saying....
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Dec 3 2005, 01:21 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Posts: 8,274 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,001 |
Mine is completely is separate.
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